Accession number DX965, DX1431 The Women s Farm and SR WFGA The Women s Agricultural was established in 1899 after a group of women who had attended the International Conference of Women Workers in London in Jul 1899 decided that they would like to keep in contact. Initially the society had 22 members, producing the first leaflet in 1900. The name was changed to The Women s Farm and Garden Union in 1910, to the Women s Farm and 1921 and in 1929 the society became incorporated. The objectives of the Society were to unite all professional land workers and those interested in outdoor work for women into a strong central association, to help and advise land workers on all matters connected with their profession and to influence public opinion in everything concerning women workers on the land. The society established several committees including the important Education Committee in 1910 which was responsible for administering examinations in practical gardening and poultry management for women. The society was also responsible for the establishment of the Women s National Land Service Corps in the First World War, aiming to replace the labour lost to enlistment and any possible disruption to supplies of food. This was taken over by the Board of Agriculture in 1917 forming the first Women s Land Army. The society was still involved as an agency to recruit labour. An outfit department was set up by the society in 1921 to enable women to buy smaller sized clothes from the society. In 1922 the society bought a 98 acre farm with cottages at Wire Mill, Lingfield, Surrey to set up a small holdings colony, with 8 holdings initially occupied by 13 women. The society established an office in 1917 at Baker Street in London, then moving to Park Street and on to Courtauld House, Byng Place, London in 1931, which had been given to the society by Miss K M Courtauld. A clubhouse was set up and used by members to stay in. Courtauld House was sold to the Quakers in 1963 and the society leased back office space that they needed. In 1978 the society moved out of London buying Lilac Cottage, Birch Green, Colchester, Essex, which was sold in 1983. The society then moved to Circencester, Gloucestershire.
SR WFGA/A SR WFGA/B SR WFGA/C SR WGFA/D SR WFGA/E SR WFGA/F SR WFGA/G Minutes Annual Reports Correspondence Files Accounts Publications Press Cuttings Papers relating to the history of the Women's Farm and SR WFGA/A Minutes 1899-1987 SR WFGA/A/1 COMMITTEE MINUTE BOOKS 1899-1987 Contains the minutes of different committees and sub-committees in each volume with reports from the Ad hoc agricultural committee Annual meetings Appeal sub-committee Apprenticeship sub-committee Bursary committee Clothing sub-committees Council meetings Council of management Dance committee Emergency council Executive committee Extraordinary meetings General committee meetings General purpose and finance committee Investigation sub-committee Land outfit sub committee Land service sub-committee Luxmoore sub-committee on the Reconstruction of Agricultural and Horticultural Education Membership sub-committee Provisional education committee Publicity and publications committee Show committee Small holdings committee Special committee meetings accounts SR WFGA/A/1/1 Committee Minute Book 1899-1913 Includes minutes of the first committee meeting and accounts
SR WFGA/A/1/2 Committee Minute Book 1915-1929 Includes reports from the treasurer, the club, cooperative farms, the National Service Training Centre at Ringer s Farm, gardening department and the Small Holdings Scheme at Wire Mill, Lingfield, Surrey SR WFGA/A/1/3 Committee Minute Book 1929-1967 Includes council minutes 1929-1947; annual general meeting minutes for 1930-1967; loose agenda for a meeting to be held on 27 Jun 1945; telegram advising of a the meeting and letter to Lady Tweedsmuir confirming her election as President in 1945 SR WFGA/A/1/4 SR WFGA/A/1/5 SR WFGA/A/1/6 SR WFGA/A/1/7 Committee Minute Book Committee Minute Book Committee Minute Book Committee Minute Book 1949-1955 1956-1963 1967-1969 1969-1974 SR WFGA/A/1/8 Committee Minute Book 1975-1981 Includes loose committee minutes and telegram from Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother thanking the Women s Farm and for the telegram they sent to congratulate her on the occasion of her 80 th birthday SR WFGA/A/1/9 Committee Minute Book 1981-1987
SR WFGA/A/2 MINUTE BOOKS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1917-1920 SR WFGA/A/2/1 Minute book of the Executive Committee Jan 1917- Feb1920 Includes reports from club sub-committee, small holding sub-committee and fund sub committee SR WFGA/A/2/2 Minute book of the Executive Committee 1920 Includes reports from club sub-committee, small holding sub-committee and fund sub committee SR WFGA/A/3 SR WFGA/A/3/1 SR WGFA/A/3/2 SR WFGA/A/4 MINUTE BOOKS OF THE GENERAL PURPOSES AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Minute Books of the General Purposes and Finance Committee Includes reports from general purposes and finance committee, farm and garden club, publicity sub-committee, land outfit and AGM arrangements sub-committee Minute Books of the General Purposes and Finance Committee Includes reports from registration committee and conference minutes, with index and reports from various committees MINUTE BOOK OF THE TRAINING SUB- COMMITTEE 1920-1949 1920-1926 1927-1949 1915-1916 SR WFGA/A/4/1 Minute Book of the Training Sub-Committee Jul 1915-Oct 1916 Includes list of committee members and loose minutes for Oct 1916
SR WFGA/A/5 MINUTE BOOK OF THE OFFICE COMMITTEE 1915-1920 SR WFGA/A/5/1 Minute Book of the Office Committee Dec 1915-Jan 1920 Contains loose papers relating to salaries and income and expenditure SR WFGA/A/6 MINUTE BOOK OF THE SHOW COMMITTEE 1918-1938 SR WFGA/A/6/1 Minute Book of the Show Committee 1918-1938 Includes minutes of the club sub-committee SR WFGA/B Annual Reports 1918-1920 SR WFGA/B/1 SR WFGA/B/2 Annual Report Annual Report 1918-1919 1919-1920 SEE NEXT WORD DOC FOR CORRESPONDENCE FILES C
SR WFGA/D Accounts 1922-1934 SR WFGA/D/1 Account book of the Lingfield Smallholdings 1922-1934 Contains an alphabetical index SR WFGA/E Publications 1900-1940 SR WFGA/E/1 SR WFGA/E/1/1 SR WFGA/E/1/2 SR WFGA/E/1/3 SR WFGA/E/1/4 SR WFGA/E/1/5 SR WFGA/E/1/6 SR WFGA/E/1/7 SR WFGA/E/1/8 SR WFGA/E/1/9 SR WFGA/E/1/10 JOURNALS OF THE WOMEN S FARM AND GARDEN UNION, LATER ASSOCIATION AND ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) 1920-1940 Feb1920 Mar 1920 Apr 1920 May 1920 Jun 1920 Aug-Sep1920 Nov 1920 Dec 1920 Jan 1921 May 1921
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SR WFGA/E/1/23 SR WFGA/E/1/24 Mar 1934 Mar 1935 SR WFGA/E/1/25 SR WFGA/E/1/26 SR WFGA/E/1/27 SR WFGA/E/1/28 SR WFGA/E/1/29 SR WFGA/E/2 SR WFGA/E/2/1 SR WFGA/E/2/2 SR WFGA/E/2/3 SR WFGA/E/2/4 SR WFGA/E/2/5 MONTHLY JOURNALS OF THE WOMEN S FARM AND GARDEN UNION Mar 1936 Mar 1937 Mar 1938 Mar 1939 Mar 1940 1919 Mar 1919 Apr 1919 May 1919 Jun 1919 Jul 1919 SR WFGA/E/2/6 Aug 1919
SR WFGA/E/2/7 SR WFGA/E/2/8 SR WFGA/E/2/9 SR WFGA/E/2/10 SR WFGA/E/3 SR WFGA/E/3/1 SR WFGA/E/3/2 SR WFGA/E/3/3 SR WFGA/E/3/4 QUARTERLY LEAFLET OF THE WOMEN S AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL INTERNATIONAL UNION Quarterly Leaflet of the Women s Agricultural Issue 1-4 [English and French] (4 vols) Quarterly Leaflet Bulletin Trimestriel of the Women s Agricultural and Horticultural International Union Issue 5-8 [English and French] (4 vols) Quarterly Leaflet Bulletin Trimestriel of the Women s Agricultural and Horticultural International Union Issue 9-11 [English and French] Biennial Bulletin of the Women s Agricultural Issue 12-13 [Issue 12 English and French] (2 vols) Sep 1919 Oct 1919 Nov 1919 Dec 1919 1900-1904 1900 1901 1902 1903
SR WFGA/E/3/5 SR WFGA/E/4 SR WFGA/E/4/1 SR WFGA/E/4/2 SR WFGA/E/4/3 SR WFGA/E/4/4 SR WFGA/E/4/5 SR WFGA/E/4/6 Biennial Bulletin of the Women s Agricultural Issue 14-15 (2 vols) MONTHLY LEAFLETS OF THE WOMEN S AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL INTERNATIONAL UNION Issue 2, 4-5, 8-10 (6 docs) Issue 11-22 (12 docs) Issue 23-34 (12 docs) Issue 35-47 (12 docs) Issue 48-52, 54-58 (10 docs) Issue 59-65, 67-70 (12 docs) 1904 1909-1919 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
SR WFGA/E/4/7 SR WFGA/E/4/8 SR WFGA/E/4/9 SR WFGA/E/4/10 SR WFGA/E/4/11 SR WFGA/E/5 SR WFGA/E/5/1 SR WFGA/E/5/2 Issue 71-82 (12 docs) Issue 83-94 (24 docs, 2 copies) Issue 95-101 (13 docs, 2 copies) Issue 102-108 (13 docs, 2 copies) Issue 119-120 (2 docs) MONTHLY CIRCULAR OF THE WOMEN S AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL INTERNATIONAL UNION Monthly Circular of the Women s Agricultural Issues 1-2 (2 docs) Monthly Circular of the Women s Agricultural Issues 3-12 (10 docs) 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1902-1909 1902 1903
SR WFGA/E/5/3 SR WFGA/E/5/4 SR WFGA/E/5/5 SR WFGA/E/5/6 SR WFGA/E/5/7 SR WFGA/E/5/8 SR WFGA/E/6 Monthly Circular of the Women s Agricultural Issues 13-22 (10 docs) Monthly Circular of the Women s Agricultural Issues 23-27, 29-34 (11 docs) Monthly Circular of the Women s Agricultural Issues 36-46 (11 docs) Monthly Circular of the Women s Agricultural Issues 47-57 (10 docs) Monthly Circular of the Women s Agricultural Issues 61-64, 67-70 (10 docs) Monthly Circular of the Women s Agricultural Issues 71-72 (2 docs) OCCASIONAL LEAFLETS OF THE WOMEN S FARM AND GARDEN ASSOCIATION 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1922-1940 SR WFGA/E/6/1 Occasional Leaflets 1922 (2 vols) SR WFGA/E/6/2 Occasional Leaflets 1923
SR WFGA/E/6/3 Occasional Leaflets 1924 (2 vols) SR WFGA/E/6/4 SR WFGA/E/6/5 Occasional Leaflets Occasional Leaflets 1925 1926 SR WFGA/E/6/6 Occasional Leaflets 1927 SR WFGA/E/6/7 Occasional Leaflets 1928 SR WFGA/E/6/8 Occasional Leaflets 1929 SR WFGA/E/6/9 Occasional Leaflets 1930 SR WFGA/E/6/10 Occasional Leaflets 1931 SR WFGA/E/6/11 Occasional Leaflets 1932 SR WFGA/E/6/12 Occasional Leaflets 1933 SR WFGA/E/6/13 Occasional Leaflets 1934 SR WFGA/E/6/14 Occasional Leaflets 1935 SR WFGA/E/6/15 Occasional Leaflets 1936 (2 vols) SR WFGA/E/6/16 Occasional Leaflets 1937 SR WFGA/E/6/17 Occasional Leaflets 1938 SR WFGA/E/6/18 Occasional Leaflets 1938 SR WFGA/E/6/19 Occasional Leaflets 1940
SR WFGA/F Press Cuttings 1908-1949 Subjects include women and agriculture and gardening and women s roles in the First and Second World Wars SR WFGA/F/1 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings 1908-1914 with dates, sources, index and 2 loose cuttings SR WFGA/F/2 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings 1915-Mar 1916 with dates, sources, index and 1 loose cutting SR WFGA/F/3 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings Feb-May 1916 with dates and sources SR WFGA/F/4 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings May-Jul 1916 with dates, sources and loose index SR WFGA/F/5 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings 1916-1917 with dates and sources 3 loose cuttings SR WFGA/F/6 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings Jun 1916-Jul 1918 with dates, sources and loose index 9 loose cuttings SR WFGA/F/7 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings Mar-Jun 1917
with dates, sources, 2 loose cuttings and 1 black and white photograph SR WFGA/F/8 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings 1917 with dates and sources SR WFGA/F/9 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings 1917-1923 with dates and sources with index and 1 loose cutting SR WFGA/F/10 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings 1918 with dates and sources with loose index and 6 loose cuttings SR WFGA/F/11 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings 1925-1932 with dates and sources with loose index SR WFGA/F/12 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings 1932-1944 with dates and sources with 38 loose cuttings SR WFGA/F/13 Volume of Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings 1947-1949 with dates and sources with 6 loose pages, with index and 1 loose cutting
SR WFGA/G SR WFGA/G/1 Papers relating to the history of the Women's Farm and File relating to the history of the Women s Farm and Consists of a pamplet entitled An Outline of the Women s Farm and, a plan of a proposed history of the WFGA and a promotional leaflet for the society (3 docs) 1916-1998 1961-1998 SR WFGA/G/2 File of newspaper and magazine cuttings 1916-1996 Consists of cuttings from Country Life, Punch, The Citizen, Royal Magazine, The Times and the Garden and a black and white photograph of Miss M J Dunn, head of the Rural Economics Centre, Lackham School of Agriculture (7 docs) SR WFGA/G/3 File of photocopies of bulletins and journals produced by the Women s Farm and Garden Association Consists of issues for Mar, Jun and Dec 1900, Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec 1901, Mar, Jul and Oct 1902, Jan and Jul 1903, Jul 1904, 1929 and a cutting from 1920 (15 docs) 1900-1929 SR WFGA/G/4 File of photocopies of photographs n.d.[early twentieth century] Consists of photographs of unidentified groups of women working the land, the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother visiting the Women s Farm and at Courtauld House, butter making and the Queen visiting the Women s Farm and Rose Show Tent at a show (14 docs) SR WFGA/G/5 File of photocopies of documents [from the Imperial War Museum] relating to the women 1916-1919
working on the land during World War I Includes roll of honour of women who died working on the land, promotional material, terms and conditions of the Women s Land Army, newspaper cuttings, letters from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Women s Branch sent to Honorary Secretaries, Organising Secretaries and Travelling Inspectors, with a list of names and geographical areas of responsibility of these officers, subjects of the letters include wages paid, conditions and creches, notes from the organising secretaries dairy for 1917, a copy of the Report of the National Scottish Conference on Employment on the Land, copies of tests set for women workers including general labourers, waggoners, cowmans and tractor ploughing, statistics for women workers on employed on the land (67 docs)